My Dear Heart

About the author

Haifaa Younis: Haifaa Younis is a contemporary American teacher and the founder and chairman of the Jannah Institute. Of Iraqi origin, she first trained as a physician, earning her medical degree and becoming a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist in the United States before devoting herself to teaching the Islamic sciences. Her study of sacred knowledge began with scholars across the United States, covering aqida, fiqh, usul al-fiqh, hadith, and tazkiya. She later moved to Saudi Arabia, graduating from the Mecca Institute of Islamic Studies in Jeddah and completing the memorization of the Qurʾan at Al-Huda, and she holds an ijaza in the recitation of Hafs from Asim. Through the Jannah Institute she teaches thematic commentary on chapters of the Qurʾan and their practical bearing on daily life, alongside courses, workshops, and retreats, with a consistent emphasis on tazkiya, the purification of the heart. She has served as a resident scholar at the Jannah Institute and the Islamic Center of Irvine in California, and is listed among The Muslim 500. Her published works include The Qurʾan Has It All, Sins: Poison of the Heart, and Builders of a Nation.